All parliamentary appearances
Entries 3931 to 3940 of 4219.
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25 Sep 2018 in Senate:
On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I do not intend to derail any debate on this very important Bill. However, I seek your direction because I sit in the Committee on Energy and we have a report which we are about to table today. I wonder, for it to be able to enrich the debate, whether we can wait for this debate to---. This is very important because when you talk about public participation, we invite the public to share their views. These Senators, sitting here, representing 47 counties, it would be important for them to have ...
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25 Sep 2018 in Senate:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I thank you for giving me this opportunity. I rise to support this Bill, albeit with a lot of amendments. I happened to have sat in the Committee that invited stakeholders. From the outset, going through the Bill Clause by Clause, I second my good friend, Sen. Wetangula, that it might require the entire House to go through it. I will limit my presentation in about nine areas.
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25 Sep 2018 in Senate:
This Bill talks about creation of a regulatory body which will be taken care of by the Ministry of Energy. We have two Ministries but it is the Ministry of Petroleum and Mining which takes care of the downstream, midstream and upstream petroleum operations. We interviewed stakeholders through public participation. That is why it is important that when we call for public participation sessions, we should take into consideration what the general public and stakeholders talk about. That is why from the outset, I said that it will be important for this House to get access to the Committee Report. ...
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25 Sep 2018 in Senate:
I want to talk about the issue of contracts. I am sorry I am rushing because of time, but I want to touch on all those areas. The second area that I care so much about is the issue of revenue-sharing contracts and the field development plan which the contractors have to come up with. These are things that have to be ratified by Parliament, so that it takes care of the interest of the people.
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25 Sep 2018 in Senate:
The other issue, which is something that every stakeholder spoke about, is to do with direct involvement by county governments. This Bill creates very powerful Cabinet Secretaries. In this era of devolved Government structure, it is imperative that the people in the county governments and their county governments have a say, so that we can be seen to be dealing with issues that take care of all our interests.
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25 Sep 2018 in Senate:
Fourth, is the issue of revenue sharing. I am not from the school of thought that believes that the county governments or the people should have a share of the national Government revenue. I tend to believe that county governments and the people should have a share of the profits that we get from the upstream petroleum operations. It will be good for the people of Kenya to get 70 per cent and people living around places where oil is extracted to get 10 per cent. The issue of saying that people went to Turkana and negotiated for 5 per ...
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25 Sep 2018 in Senate:
The other thing is the issue of permits. From the outset I said this is a terrible Bill. We will bring amendments from Clause 1 all the way to the end because when you talk about permits, there are so many permits which are required, which do not take into consideration--- The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate.
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25 Sep 2018 in Senate:
We now have Madam Temporary Speaker. There was transition which is confusing. It is important for me to wrap it up that we have to look at the Bill, taking into consideration the issues of exemption of permits and who will be exempted. There are certain issues which are decided on by the Cabinet Secretary (CS) without consulting the people on the ground. When, say, there will be an issue to be communicated, we do not even find a method that can be used to reach all the people. There are many amendments that we will bring to this Bill. ...
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25 Sep 2018 in Senate:
Madam Temporary Speaker, could I please have one minute to conclude?
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25 Sep 2018 in Senate:
Madam Temporary Speaker, as I wrap up, I am happy that I am seated in a House which has Members of high intellectual capacity to look at the reports that we have drafted. Finally, this Government or country must take seriously this issue of national resources. This is because right now in the Maasai Mau, in Olpusimoru, people are dying because of fighting for resources. If we cannot control those issues, what about oil?
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